Thursday, November 1, 2012

Wacky Wednesday

Do you remember the book Wacky Wednesday by Dr. Seuss?It was my favorite when I was a kid.

It starts out with a boy finding a shoeon his wall. The book goes on to show
all the wacky things he saw that day, all the while asking you to search for
the things that are wrong in the picture.

It was/is a brilliant book.

This morning when my boys woke up with Halloween excitement
hangovers, I couldn't help but look back at our Halloween and see ever so
clearly how wacky our Wednesday really was.

To start off, B's best friend asked him to go trick or
treating with their family.Handling T1
on Halloween is tricky for a professional pancreas like myself.To a layman pancreas, it's altogether
complicated.That didn't stop B's
friend's mother from offering.She was
all, "I have your number, he'll call when he eats, we'll check.It'll all be good." And I was all, "((Blank stare.))"

I know.Bizarro
world, right?

Then after school my senior called and said he was going to
hang with his friends and play video games all day.

Halloween with only two kids?I can't make this stuff up.

I had Ryan's parents over, and his sister...my parents, my
sister, her friend, and her kids.We were a full
house and the chaos was a good mask for the rainey day outside.

Then my sister and her friend took all the kids trick or
treating. All. The. Kids. In the rain.I got to stay home with my
feet up and eat apple pie a la mode.

B called with a 102 before he left to trick or treat, which led to me saying"Eat 2 pieces of candy right away young
man!"

When he got back he was 69.He got to eat more candy, and I got to not worry about it.

When L got back from his treating, because let's face it, there are no tricks when you're 8...he was 319.Not surprising, excitement effects him that way.But here is the really wackiest thing of all:

L looked at his number and said, "I don't really want
any candy anyway.I just want to
trade."He sat for the next hour
trading candy with his cousins and was happy as could be.When I told him to have a piece, he was very
thankful.

Where was my candy obsessed 8 year old boy, and what has
Halloween done to him???

The boys went to bed 105, 114 and 179.

And then an hour later they were all low.

I half expected to find a shoe on my wall the minute I
walked into my bedroom to sleep.

Instead there was a picture of Ryan, smiling proudly that we
conquered another day.

Wacky Wednesday?

You are welcome in my home, any time.

(BTW:November is
Diabetes Awareness Month! Usually I blog
every day in the month of November, but I have decided my swelly brain can't make
that commitment this year. I will be
helping organize the World Diabetes Day Postcard Exchange, though.Click HERE to find out more about it!)

Glad you had a good Halloween! We did too. Our neighbor makes donuts every year for Halloween, so we started the night off with an unbolused for donut and cruised the night right between 112 and 169. And, my husband took our 3 kids and 2 others out, letting me and my girlfriend hand out at home handing out treats to the cuties! Sweet! I'm excited for the postcard exchange, gotta get started making some up, looking foward to getting our match emails. I'm gonna try out NHBPM this month for my first time, not sure I can make it all month posting every day, but I'm sure gonna try. Happy T1D Day to you and your boys!

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ABOUT ME

I am the mother to 4 wonderful boys, 3 of which have Type 1 Diabetes. Through this blog I hope to share our ongoing story, to help others see that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. Like you, I have muddled through all the emotional phases diabetes has to offer a parent. I know of the worry that sits with you like an old friend, because he is my friend too. I just try not to make him the life of the party. Take the ride with me.

Disclaimer

I can S.W.A.G a meal three tables away. I can guesstimate a bolus in lightning speed. I can check my boys’ blood sugars in the wee hours of the morning, half asleep, with only one eye open. I can do a lot of things…but one thing I can’t do is be your child’s endocrinologist. Everything on this blog works for our family, but might not work for yours. Funny thing diabetes, one size does not fit all. If you see some technique here that you would like to try, call your doctor, use common sense, and remember: I am not a doctor…I’m just a mother of three boys with Type 1 Diabetes. That is it. Mother. Not doctor. Blogger. Not doctor. Friend. Not doctor. All comments will be publicly viewable, but contact information will remain private. Thanks for stopping by! Come again soon!